Author(s)

Zain ul Sajjad^1*, Muskan Naseem², Mujahid Iqbal³, Ayesha Ghazanfar⁴, Muhammad Zeeshan Hussain⁵, Seerat Fatima⁵, Rimsha Fayyaz⁶, Ammara Umar⁶, Zaka ur Rhman⁷

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Agronomy, PMAS Arid University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

²Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.

³Department of Plants Pathology College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.

⁴Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.

⁵Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan, Pakistan.

⁶University of Gujrat (Hafiz hayyat campus), Pakistan.

⁷Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan.

Corresponding Author

Zain ul Sajjad

ABSTRACT

In this study we assessed the impacts of climate change on the production of wheat in Layyah, Pakistan, for two seasons. The study was carried out with the view of evaluating the effects of temperature and rainfall on biomass production of the wheat crop and consequently on yield and quality of the produce. Weather conditions during the planting, growth, development and maturation period were used for the study. To conduct the experiment, a one-acre field was decided to be divided into four groups comprising two kanals each to avoid any mixing of groups and for proper and effective data collection and assessment. Some of the variables, which were analyzed include grain yield, 1000 grain weight, tiller count, spikelet number and straw yield. The experiment gave the following production; Grain yield of 1960 kg per acre and straw yield of 2840 kg per acre in 2022-2023 production season with improved yield records as compared to the previous year. Also, the yield achieved during the 2022 to 2023 periods was higher in tillers, spikelet’s, and a heavier grain content as compared to the 2021 to 2022 periods. According to the study, climate change has quite effect on the production of wheat in Layyah-Pakistan. The 2021-2022 crop growing season experienced La Nina and high temperatures, resulting in lower crop yields. However, during the 2022-2023 growing season, also a La Nina period, crops received sufficient water and optimum temperatures. This led to higher biomass production and increased grain production. 

KEYWORDS

Agroclimate; Climate change; Wheat; Food security

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Zain ul Sajjad, Muskan Naseem, Mujahid Iqbal, Ayesha Ghazanfar, Muhammad Zeeshan Hussain, Seerat Fatima, Rimsha Fayyaz, Ammara Umar, Zaka ur Rhman. Climate change impacts on interannual (2022 and 2023) comparison of wheat production under arid agroclimatic condition of Pakistan. World Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences. 2024, 2(3): 36-45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/wjafs3015.

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